I built up a PC USB DCC controller pcb for model trains.
I sent a signal from the pc to start the train and it set off, then it started stopping and starting all on its own !
Then over load LED started flashing randomly.
I unplugged it and did a visual inspection.
Then spotted R1 missing which is the master clear pull up resistor for the PIC microcontroller.
I sent a signal from the pc to start the train and it set off, then it started stopping and starting all on its own !
Then over load LED started flashing randomly.
I unplugged it and did a visual inspection.
Then spotted R1 missing which is the master clear pull up resistor for the PIC microcontroller.
Starting and stopping randomly?
Reminds me of the old days of British Rail whose logo was once described as "the arrow of indecision"!
Reminds me of the old days of British Rail whose logo was once described as "the arrow of indecision"!
Probably not as bad as Southern whose main commuter service from Brighton to London managed to be late every single day for a whole year.
They did better the year after when a full 20% of all their services managed to arrive on time.
As a corporate advisor, I would have changed the schedule but not alerted the staff. All trains on time now.
Define "late" -- in the 1980's the NJTransit was running two and more hours behind schedule. The rail platforms at Penn Station in NYC easily get in the vicinity of 90-100 degrees in the summer so their was some rider-ship induced violence against the rolling stock.
In the end, it was an "industrial action" of sorts.
I've had more than 1 less than 30sec. train change in Japan. Once we had to walk along the platform to align ourselves with the correct exit for the next stop.
Lived there for 5 years. I don’t think there was ever a late train in the 5 yrs I was there. The Shinkansen is a marvel of efficiency, cleanliness and punctuality and local services just as good.
Kyoto to Tokyo Shinkansen 3 or 4 years ago with my son. It arrived about 2 minutes late. The driver made an announcement which my son translated, the reason was passengers taking too long to board and exit the train at some of the stations on the way😱
You missed the "unexpected delay" translated by my cousin as someone threw themselves onto the track.
Yes, unfortunately a fact of life in Japan. 2 or 3 a year in Tokyo when I was there. My wife met a Japanese Psychiatrist who had done a lot of research in that area. Station/Platform staff are trained to look for the warning signs but they don’t always catch them.
Brighton to London is a commuter route of 64miles, people need to get to work on time everyday and are paying £5100 a year for that.
So if the main commuter train leaving Brighton at 7:29 is delayed 100% of the time it is a problem. When it does run the train is overcrowded and people got fined for standing(!) in the 1st class carriage because there was no standing room left in 2nd class.
It got so bad that the government gave Southern who run the service a £30 million grant to sort it out. Two weeks later Southern posts profits of £90 million!
And herein lies the problem with the ill-fated train privatization in the UK:
The state owns Network Rail who own the tracks while the trains are privately owned. Through Network Rail the British railways receive by far the highest state subsidies in Europe while the customer pays the highest prices per mile in Europe ie over 3x as much per mile than a German rail user while the German railway Deutsche Bahn gets zero subsidies yet still makes profit.
And their services are (mostly) on time!
I remember the dedicated staff for pushing in the passengers at the subway stations so that the train could depart on time. In white gloves, of course.